BBC Wildlife Magazine

BBC Wildlife Magazine is a celebration of the natural world, featuring all the latest discoveries, news and views on wildlife, conservation and environmental issues. With strong broadcasting links, authoritative journalism and award-winning photography, BBC Wildlife Magazine is essential reading for anyone with a passion for wildlife who wants to understand, experience and enjoy nature more.

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IN FOCUS

WILD MONTH • Spring’s in full swing, so keep an eye out for everything from bijou beetles and butterflies to sizeable storks.

Hidden BRITAIN

GETTING ANTSY • Primroses persuade ants to act as tiny couriers.

MIKE DILGER’S WILDLIFE WATCHING • In his series of great places to watch wildlife in the UK, the star of BBC One’s The One Show this month advocates spending time around the peaceful bodies of fresh water dotted across the country.

SPECIES TO LOOK OUT FOR

CHOICE LOCATIONS

Government approves use of bee-killing pesticide • The Wildlife Trusts is planning a legal challenge after the Government’s decision to allow the emergency application of a banned insecticide.

Bats bounce back with moorland restoration • Five species of bat recorded following revegetation of Peak District plateau.

Biden halts oil drilling in Arctic wildlife refuge

Brookesia nana

IN NUMBERS

Platypus protected

Periodical cicadas are one of a kind • Could vast hatches of cicadas every 13 or 17 years have parallels elsewhere?

MARK CARWARDINE • The conservationist discusses the threat of an oil spill in the Red Sea and invites your thoughts on the subject.

Tsewang Namgail • Conservation biologist Tsewang Namgail has focused on human and snow leopard conflict, and how the problem can best be resolved.

National ARKS • Seven decades after the UK’s first national parks were created, our largest protected landscapes should nurture thriving biodiversity. How can we make them true havens for wildlife?

UK national parks: a history

Park life around the world • National parks across the globe have taken steps to improve habitats and biodiversity, using a host of different approaches. Here are just three of them.

A walk in the parks: top species to spot

CLOSE TO HOME • An urban garden in Sheffield became a lifeline for one wildlife photographer when COVID-19 forced him and his vulnerable partner into a full year of shielding.

THE $80 MILLION QUESTION • The world spends a huge amount of money on orangutan conservation every year but their numbers are still declining. What’s going on, why isn’t palm oil to blame and what can we do to arrest the downward curve?

The third orangutan

Orangutans in numbers...

LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE • The idea of creating a GCSE in natural history was first floated a decade ago, but is it any closer to becoming a reality? And could it help change the fortunes of our nature-depleted nation?

FROM THE CLASSROOM

TIMELINE • How the Natural History GCSE bore fruit

Raptors in RESIDENCE • The crowned eagles of the African rainforest don’t mind life among people. In Durban, South Africa, these raptors can be watched right from the living room.

GOING TO GROUND: HOW TO RING AN EAGLE CHICK

Danger, danger – high voltage • Starlings are known for their spectacular murmurations, but if too many gather in one place the consequences can be shocking.

Q&A

Are skinks losing their toes?

At home • Bring a little extra wildlife into your life with the best of this month’s TV, books, podcasts, streaming and much...